The European Union is planning to tax all airlines that travel to and from the 27 EU nations based on the amount of carbon emissions they produce.  The tax, to be collected beginning in 2013 for prior year emissions, will be calculated based on the length of each flight. The farther the airlines travel, the heftier the tax.

The message from Europe is clear: Israel and Sharon, not the terrorists,are to blame for future attacks by Palestinian terrorists on its citizens.

Coalition troops have seized $30 million worth of heroin intended for sale on Iraqi streets by rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's militia, the former commander of the 9,000-strong Polish force in south-central Iraq says.

Al Armendariz, the top Environmental Protection Agency official in the oil-rich Southwest region, resigned from his post, effective Monday. It’s the latest twist in the never-ending and increasingly ugly fracking fracas. A two-year old video had surfaced last week (and since pulled) featuring Armendariz comparing his “philosophy of enforcement” to...

Israelis are faring better than Palestinians in the U.S. court of public opinion, according to several recent polls.

At this AEI event, two evangelical Christian authors representing different ends of the political spectrum will discuss the role of religion in politics.

AEI and the Project 2049 Institute will cohost a conference examining US policy toward China, particularly American engagement of Chinese civil society.

Why is Ariel Sharon evacuating Gaza? It is not because he believes that a decent Palestinian state will emerge after the Israelis withdraw. Nobody believes that.